I'm not really much of a Who fan either but I go into mini phases of obsession with this song
― na (NA), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 00:52 (seven years ago) link
Am a medium level Who fan but this, um, suite seems to distill what they were good at to its essence.
― And Run Into It And Blecch It (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 01:12 (seven years ago) link
you can't top the "You Are Forgiven" bit at the end, when the line is sung in a round, and Moon is bashing those water-covered drums, and it sounds like the room is about to explode
OTM.
The Who were half a million dollars in debt, their last two singles had flopped in the UK, they were back to playing at the Marquee, and basically couldn't get arrested when they did the RnR Circus. It wasn't even a matter of playing like they had something to prove; they just did what they'd done a few dozen times in the US that year. They had no idea how good they were. Of course, everyone else on the bill was floored by it (and it was one of the reasons the Stones shelved the special for 28 years, as they didn't look great by comparison).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 02:00 (seven years ago) link
What's the proto-Plastic Ono Band called in that again, (The) Dirty Mac?
― And Run Into It And Blecch It (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 02:10 (seven years ago) link
i think maybe i had only ever listened to the rock'n'roll circus/live at leeds versions of this bc i am listening to the studio version now and it sounds really weird and unfamiliar (and bad)
― na (NA), Thursday, 30 March 2017 21:29 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, the studio version isn't great, but then I loathe the way that album sounds. I'm sure I've said this before, but I don't think they made a great sounding studio album until Who's Next.
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Thursday, 30 March 2017 21:44 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 31 March 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
I think My Generation sounds great, as do all the '60s non-album singles. But yeah, apart from a few songs, A Quick One is poorly produced.
I still dig the studio version, though; like what I said about their 2015 live rendition, it's quaint and charming rather than menacing and powerful. But I vastly prefer the RnR Circus and Leeds versions.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 31 March 2017 00:18 (seven years ago) link
I just had to watch the Rock'n'Roll Circus performance of this again. Fuck, Moon is on fire and the climax of 'You Are Forgiven' is electrifying as fuck. So much energy and intensity. The Stones played like a wet fart in comparison.
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Friday, 31 March 2017 19:03 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, that's the thing: the Who played more shows in the summer and fall of 1968 than the Stones had played in the preceding three years.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 31 March 2017 19:29 (seven years ago) link
The Stones arguably were putting out the better records, though.
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Friday, 31 March 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
True, the Who could only manage "Call Me Lightning," "Dogs," and "Magic Bus" in '68 (though they recorded more than enough material for an album: http://albumsthatneverwere.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-who-whos-for-tennis.html).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 31 March 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
"Duh Byetles may huvv myde bettuh rekuhds, but live, we wudda blann um off duh styche."
—the ox
― veronica moser, Friday, 31 March 2017 20:11 (seven years ago) link
I've watched this about a million times, but every time I do I have to pick my jaw up off the floor. The Who were lucky to have him and Moon in the same band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80dsyo2Ox-0
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Friday, 31 March 2017 20:19 (seven years ago) link
I always wished Peter Brötzmann had made Low-Life with John Entwistle instead of with Bill Laswell.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 31 March 2017 20:38 (seven years ago) link
It's really, really difficult for me to imagine any other bassist working with Moon so well.
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Friday, 31 March 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 1 April 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Billy Childish likes to cover the You Are Forgiven segment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTN_w7KBJng
― mookieproof, Saturday, 1 April 2017 00:08 (seven years ago) link
So in the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus version Entwistle is playing a Precision?
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 02:36 (two years ago) link
Hmm. Silly me. I guess he played many different Precisions back then.
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 02:44 (two years ago) link
Listened to the circus version while out on a walk this evening, great as ever.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 03:29 (two years ago) link
you are precision
(you are pre ciiiiiision)
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 12:10 (two years ago) link
Heh.
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 12:19 (two years ago) link
Tbh, so used to seeing him with those fancy basses later on:Thunderbirds, Alembic, Buzzards etc.
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 12:24 (two years ago) link
He did play many Precisions, but had a preference for one: https://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/bass/bass6768.html#frankenstein
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 12:36 (two years ago) link
Was wondering when that would come up.
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link